AVOGADRO, A. (AMEDEO). - HIS FIRST PAPER.

Consideration on the State in wich a Stratum of nonconducting Matter must be, when interposed between Two Surfaces endued with opposite Electricities.

London, W. Nicholson, 1808. Contemp. hcalf, but clothbacked later. Corners bumped. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. In: "A Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, and the Arts. By William Nicholson. Vol. XXI. VIII,384,(8) pp. a. 10 engraved plates. (Entire volume offered). Avogadro's paper: pp. 278-290. Internally clean.

First English edition of Avogadro's first printed paper (originally in Journal de Physique LXIII, 1806). It deals with electricity. "He considered the state of a nonconductor placed between two oppositely charged elementary layers. If there was air between two charged bodies, it would become charged. In the later terminology of Faraday the claim could be made that Avogadro had some conception of the polarization of dielectrics." (DSB).

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